Wringer



(No Mode S PITCHER Wringer.

No. 237,695. Patnted Feb. 15,1881.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL PITOHER, OF BARN STABLE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,695, dated February 15, 1881.

Application filed October 20, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL PITOHER, of Barnstable, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improvement in wringers for wringing bandages and cloths for making hot applications upon persons in case of sickness, and for other purposes, of which invention the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing my invention as it appears when working. Fig. 2 represents one of the two handles B, showing fully the octagonal head or end b and the pin b, all of which will be hereinafter fully described; and Fig. 3 shows the wringer as it appears when ready for use, with the bandage O placed in the sack A as before wringing. The clamp G, however, is not shown in this figure.

Like letters indicate like parts in the different figures of the drawings.

The chief object of my invention is to enable an attendant upon a patient in case of illmess to wring cloths or bandages in any hot liquid without being obliged to immerse the hand therein.

The invention consists in the combination of parts hereinafter set forth in the claims.

1 use two bars, B, each having a cross-bar secured to their outer ends, and an octagonal head, I), and cross-pin 1). Attached to the inner ends of said bars is a towel or cloth, A, which serves as a receiver for the bandages. This receiver is fastened tightly to the bars B by gathering the ends and tying them with strings over the octagonal heads and pins, as shown in the drawings, which allows the central portion to form a bag or sack, in one side of (No model.)

clamp, G, is fastened to the tub E by the setscrew g, and is provided at its upper end with a perforation, g.

The cross-bars of the bars B are grasped by the hands, or one grasped by the hand while the other is partially inserted into the perforation g ofthe clamp. The receiver A is dipped with its contents into the liquid contained in the tub, then lifted therefrom and twisted until the liquid is sufficiently expressed from the bandage or other article, carrying with it the impurities contained therein.

I am aware that wringers have been made containing handles provided with conical ends or heads and round ends or heads over which the sack is gathered and held by slipping a ring over the heads; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In com binatiomthe towel orcloth A, forming a sack,.th e two handles B, each with the octagonal head or end b and the pin or peg b, and the two strin gs d, constructed and arranged substantially in the manner described and shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination, thetowel or cloth A,forming a sack, the two handles B, each with the octagonal head or end I), and the pin or peg b, the two strings cl, and the clamp or holder G, with the screw 9 and the opening 9, all constructed and arranged substantially in the manner described and shown, and for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL PITGHER.

Witnesses:

E. H. GILLETT, FRANCIS M. BOUTWELL. 

